Arts

Big Freedia screams out, “I wanna know who mothaf-in’ representin’ in here tonight,” and everyone in the car gets turnt! Drake’s Nice for What was an amazing summer anthem this year. And it wasn’t just incredible because of...

The illustrious Southern University has been known to produce exceptional and passionate individuals who have a lot to offer society. Such is the case for student-artist June LH, a Southern University student and a New Orleans native, specifically...

Have you ever wondered where the murals downtown and around the Baton Rouge metro area come from? The Walls Project, a local nonprofit, is a community reactivation organization stimulating Louisiana’s creative economy. Since 2012, the The Walls Project has...

Kayla “Rose” Magee, owner of Kultivated Artz, in collaboration with artist Akil Bennett present “In Living Color”, a benefit event for the new Our Lady of the Lake Children’s hospital. Magee says that she was inspired by her...

Peace beBaton Rouge Family, My name is Donney Rose and I am a Baton Rouge native, poet, educator and director of the inaugural Black Out Loud Conference, coming to the 225 this August (10-12). I am ecstatic about...

Music has a way of bringing people together with its universal language speaking to anyone who is willing to listen. Through his music, Baton Rouge rapper Adam Dollar$ is hoping to merge the different sides of rap here...

Before we allow our love for beats that slap and dance moves that hit to only appreciate the superficial beauty that is Childish Gambino’s, “This is America,” let’s pause for deeper understanding. The lyrics, scenes, and body movements...

Another day, another Kanye rant. But two Baton Rouge natives aren’t having it! Earlier this week, after weeks rant after rant, Kanye stopped by the TMZ studios in Los Angeles. He spewed more of his ‘free thought’ rhetoric....